Search results for "Quality Improvement"
Suggest a colleague as a Top Hospitalist
ACP Hospitalist is seeking candidates for our fourth annual Top Hospitalists issue. We're looking for hospitalists who made notable contributions to the field in 2011, whether through exceptional clinical skills, improved work flow, patient safety, cost savings, leadership, mentorship or quality improvement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/18/6.htm
18 May 2011
Suggest a colleague as a Top Hospitalist
ACP Hospitalist is seeking candidates for our fourth annual Top Hospitalists issue. We're looking for hospitalists who made notable contributions to the field in 2011, whether through exceptional clinical skills, improved work flow, patient safety, cost savings, leadership, mentorship or quality improvement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/11/4.htm
11 May 2011
A lot to remember
Checklists can be an effective and efficient way to improve care, if the process is handled correctly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/checklists.htm
15 Sep 2010
Making the case for QI
Undertaking quality improvement projects is more difficult than ever, but certain strategies can help ensure success.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/qi.htm
15 Jul 2011
Study finds racial disparities in hospitalization of patients presenting to ED with ACS
The proportion of patients who were discharged home from the ED with a diagnostic code of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) was 12% among Black patients, 6% among White patients, 9% among Hispanic patients, and 9% among Asian/Pacific Islander patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/28/study-finds-racial-disparities-in-hospitalization-of-patients-presenting-to-ed-with-acs.htm
28 Sep 2022
Keystone ICU project associated with lower hospital mortality in Michigan vs. region
The Michigan Keystone ICU project, a statewide quality improvement initiative, was associated with lower hospital mortality compared to surrounding Midwestern states, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/09/2.htm
9 Feb 2011
Publishing your QI project
How do you know if your quality improvement project is a candidate for publication?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/qi.htm
15 Feb 2011
ICDs may be underused among older patients after heart attack
Fewer than 1 in 10 eligible older patients with low ejection fraction following a myocardial infarction (MI) received an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) within 1 year, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/01/4.htm
1 Jul 2015
Hospital medicine around the world
The field is catching on in several countries outside the U.S., Canada and Europe. Although the health care systems and situations may differ, supporters’ reasons for wanting hospital medicine to flourish there are often the same, and the barriers are often similar, as well.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/world.htm
15 Jul 2009
QI efforts to enhance communication with very ill can affect outcomes, analysis finds
Quality improvement (QI) interventions to improve communication with very sick patients are effective at reducing length of stay in the ICU and the use of nonbeneficial aggressive treatment, a review found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/11/07/2.htm
7 Nov 2012